The favorites at Strade Bianche 2024 should be Tadej Pogacar, Matej Mohoric and the reigning champion Thomas Pidcock. However, we will know more as soon as the final start list for the race on March 2 is published.
Who will win Strade Bianche 2024? Heroes
Strade Bianche 2024 favorites
The eighteenth edition of the Strade Bianche race, which was born in 2007 under the name “Eroica” and took its current name in 2012, is almost here. A very impressive cycling race in Tuscany, with a high percentage of dirt. so-called “white” roads. This pressure is particularly difficult because Extended the route from 184 kilometers to 215 kilometers.
For a race with clear ambition, dirt track sections have also increased, from 11 to 15: became the sixth “classical monument”. This is how the most prestigious classics, currently number 5, are called: Milan-Sanremo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Tour of Lombardy. The extension of the route is moving in exactly this direction, but in a sense the promotion is already real.
There are crazy names when you look at the honor list that should also be taken into consideration in Strade Bianche betting. Tadej Pogacar (2022 winner) More and more top cyclists are choosing this race, according to Mathieu Van der Poel (2021), Wout Van Aert (2020) and reigning champion Thomas Pidcock. Currently, of these 4 players, only Pogacar and Pidcock are confirmed; He is among the definitive heroes, as is fellow Slovenian Matej Mohoric.
Strade Bianche: Which Pogacar will we find?
It’s no secret that the most anticipated will always be Tadej Pogacar. Slovenian this year will be at the Giro d’Italia for the first timewill make its season debut at Strade Bianche 2024. It is impossible to say where his preparations are at the moment and this is the last photo we have of the Slovenian champion: Lombardy won as absolute dominantIn October.
If Team UAE’s champion already has a competitive leg, he will certainly be the No. 1 favourite. However, if it is true that he can aim, unknowns remain, also linked to the management of his psychophysical resources. Giro-Tour double and Olympic medalist. Among the potential spoils will definitely be Julian Alaphilippe, whom Strade Bianche brought home (in 2019).
In addition to the thirty-one-year-old Frenchman from Soudal Quick Steo, another possible hero of the betting on Strade Bianche is the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz from EF Education Easy Post. And then there are the Ineos Grenadiers, who can present themselves as particularly aggressive: the team will field alongside the defending champions Pidcock. Colombian Egan Bernal and Polish Michal KwiatkowskiIf both are already suitable, it is very dangerous.
